Automobile torpedo



July 28, 1925.

1,547,329 Y A. E. JONES 1 AUTOMOBILE TOR'PEDO Filed March 21, 1924 H Ini A\\\\\ mm 1 WW J a. 4/ a J I QLDQPMDLM To all whom it may comm:

' asubject of the-,King rof.Gr'eat -Britain,'re;

have invented certainnew and usfullrncprovements in 'Automobile Torpedoes, of

which, the followingis aspecification. i

This invention relates toau'tornobile-ton pedoes and hasfor its object to provide imdifferent lengths or sections of Which'a tor- ;pedoshellisvconiposed. e -i Accordingto the invention twoabutting (shell sectionsare held together byv means-ofa screw'threaded ring "WlllCll engageswith' screwthreajds on the end of one shellsection displacement of the said ring. This angular displacement is preferably effected by means 'Ofpinion's hichare arranged diametrically opposite each other and which engage ith rack-teeth on the face of the ring;

V clearly understood. and readily carried'into j efiect the same Will be more fully described fwith referencevto the accompanying draw-I ings in 'Wl1lChI v v v V 140 Figure 1 is alocalsection sheWing one I @Lconstructional form of the invention, V

Figure 2 second shell section, V'Figure 3 is an end aforesaid ring; and p j l v Figure l is a View similar to Figure lot a modified construction. r In the example 'sheWn A is part of the eleyationlof part of the 1 45,

theafter-bodyshell section. A is a meml Aveoimm monenno. V

' V Application filed March 21; 1924. Serial m. 700,754 7 f Be it known that'I', ALB R EDWAR J6me;

. u I (siding at 8 Great'George Street, lVestr'ninf fsf'ster inth'e county of-rL0ndon; England,

'provedjineans for connecting together the are also opposite the gap's betweenthe 'prio jections C and .theshell sections 'can then i be pulledflapart. The screw threads-,onfthe' ,o ring O andon the extension niemberl3- are preferably oil-buttress formationas-shewn,1 3

are preferably constituted by projections extachinent can be effected by a small angular 551-111 order that thesaid invention'may'be is .anend'elevation of part of the v engine room shell section and B is part of her fixed to the shell section A and is' an extension member fixed to or made inc tegral With the shellsecti on Bandformed I With external screw,threads"(Figures l'lr' to orfinternal screw threads ('Figure 0 is the screw threaded ring which engages;

Withth'e screw threadson the meinber B and which has ro-lectio'nsfC 'extendin V e i re" THE through comparatively small arcs of'a 'ci r- 1 cle' ith gapsbetween "them ofslightly 'greaterarcuate length. The-emeinber' A has similar projections a With which the projections C cooperate Whenthe ring C is tighten'ethto force these-ctions A'and B together; Vvhen the ring C isslackened ofi",

the projections C thereon come opposite the; .gapsbetw'een the-pro ections'a on-theinienr;

her A (at which timethe projections a} and the cooperating surfacesof the afore-l 12,

said projections C 3 0} are preterablyslightly inclined from the 'vertical a's sheivn jinFig i V I :nres '1 and 4 so asizto 'avoid any tendency for themember Algtobeivforcedloutwards' radially during rthertighteningoperation;of

the'ring'C V The forward face iofthering G has rack' teeth witlrwhich engage pinions arrangedi 2' diametrically oppositeeach other; one-30 1" these' pinions being indicated atD in Fi g V V ure 1; These pinions 'preie rablyhave loandles D -fand are placed in position through holes in the shellsectionA.: 'Thefs'pann'ers. i

thus formed bythepinions and handles are removed :When the shell sections have been forced together and if desired the holes may beclosed by suitable plates or'plugs; It

Will be understood that the tWo spanners the same pair of spanners can be used for all the shell sections that are required to be joined together.

have to be p d"simultaneouslyfiwing ,tothe large diameter of the ring a d that: l H r I It is found that there is no tendency -for' tobe joined together and other stopsv may the ring- 0 to slackenoffonce it has been be provided for limiting the angular displacement of the ring C in the unlocking direction.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States is 1-- 1. In a torpedo, means for connecting together-two shell sections comprising screw threads on part of one shell section, an angularly displaceablemember, screw threads on said angularly displaceable member for member being of smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the shell, screw threads on said member, a screw threaded ring en gaging with the screw threads on said memher, and co-acting projections on said ring and onrthe other shell section, said projections extending through a comparatively small arc of a circle with gaps between them of slightly greater arcuate length.

3. In a torpedo, means for connecting together two shell sections comprising an extension member on one shell section, screw threads on said member, a member fixed to the other shell section, an angularly displaceable member bearing against the second-mentioned member, screw threads on said angularly displaceable member for engaging with the screw threads on the firstmentioned member and means for operating said angularly displaceable member from the exterior of the shell.

4. In a torpedo, means for connecting to gether two shell sectionscomprising an eX- tension member on one shell section, said member being of smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the shell, screw threads on said member, a member fixed to the other shell section, a screw threaded ring bearing against the latter member and engaging with 5. In a torpedo, means for connecting together two shell sections comprising an extension member on one shell section, said member being of smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the shell, screw threads on said member, a screw threaded ring engaging with the screw threads on said member, and co-acting projections on said ring and on the other shell section, said projections extending through a comparatively small arc of a circle with gaps between them of slightly greater arcua-te length, rack teeth on the face of said ring and pinions for engaging with said teeth to operate said ring.

6. In a torpedo, means for connecting together two shell sections comprising an extension member on one shell section, said member being of smaller diameter than the internal diameter or the shell, screw threads on said member, a member fixed to the other shell section, a screw threaded ring bearing against the latter member and engaging with the screw threads on the former member, racl; teeth on the face of said ring, removable pinions for engaging with said teeth to operate said ring and handles attached to said pinions for operating them.

7. In a torpedo, means'for connecting together two shell sections comprising an eX- tension member on one shell section, said member being of smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the shell, screw threads on said member, a screw threaded ring engaging with the screw threads on said member, and co-acting projections on said ring and on the other shell section, said projections extending through a comparatively small arc of a circle with gaps between them of slightly greater arcuate length, rack teeth on the face of said ring, removable pinions for engaging with said teeth to operate said ring and handles attached to said pinions for operating them.

ALBERT EDWARD JONES. 

